Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 9

When you have burned out the last taper, lie down beside the grave, and when the witch rises out of it, go and lie in the grave in her place, and do not let her in until she shall read out the prayers ‘_Maiden Mother of God, rejoice!

Who acts: you, witch · What happens: burn out, lie down, rise, go, lie, not let in · To what, where: you, grave, witch, prayers

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, witch), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 burned	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 burned	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 burned	aux
4	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 lie	advcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 burned	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 taper	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 taper	amod
8	taper	taper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burned	punct
10	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	down	down	ADV	_	10 lie	advmod
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	14 grave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grave	det
14	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lie	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 go	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 go	cc
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 rises	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 witch	det
19	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rises	nsubj
20	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 go	advcl
21	out	out	ADP	_	23 it	case
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 rises	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rises	punct
25	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 lie	parataxis
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 lie	cc
27	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	25 go	conj
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 grave	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 grave	det
30	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lie	obl
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 place	case
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 place	nmod:poss
33	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lie	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 let	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 let	cc
36	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	38 let	aux
37	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 let	advmod
38	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	25 go	parataxis
39	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 let	obj
40	in	in	ADP	_	38 let	compound:prt
41	until	until	SCONJ	_	44 read	mark
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 read	nsubj
43	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 read	aux
44	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 let	advcl
45	out	out	ADP	_	44 read	compound:prt
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 prayers	det
47	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 read	obj
48	‘	'	PUNCT	_	51 Mother	punct
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Mother	punct
50	Maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Mother	amod
51	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 prayers	appos
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 God	case
53	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Mother	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 rejoice	punct
55	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lie	parataxis
56	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 lie	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	burn out	present · perfect · passive		you		the last taper obl:unmarked	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	lie down	imperative	you not said here		the grave	down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside grave=Location
3	rise	present	the witch		grave		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out it=Location
4	go	infinitive					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	lie	infinitive			the grave	in witch's place	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location
6	not let in	infinitive · do-support		witch			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
7	read out	shall	witch	the prayers			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
8	rejoice	present					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 9

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 9